No load data for Remington 88gr jhp .380

[KegCommando]

I accidently purchased a bunch of Remington 88gr JHP bullets instead of 95 gr.

I have Lee's Modern Reloading and one of those cheap LoadMaster books specific to the .380, and neither has info for this round.

To my dismay, I also could find zero load info from Remington's site for any of their components.

I'm not having much Google luck either. I did find one post on these forums using what sounds like the same bullet. He used a powder unavailable to me though, and I'm not too interested in mail ordering it.

I went to the local shop, and they don't have many reloading books, and the ones they had didn't have info on this bullet either.

I have limited reloading experience and have only used published info, never "experimented".

I have no problem getting another manual, but unfortunately I'd have to mail order it.

Can anyone tell me which manual does have info on these "oddball" Remington bullets.

As an aside, I also note that in several of Remington's bullet components in several calibers are not the norm. Speculation as to why that is?

Thanks!

 

[Walkalong]

Speer #13 has data with a 90 Gr GD JHP that should work fine with those 88 Gr JHP's. What power/s are you interested in? Speer has data on AA #2, AA #7, N320, Unique, W-231, Power Pistol, Universal, 700X, AA #5, Bullseye, Titegroup, WSL, & American Select.

I have shot the 88 Gr JHP's with AA #2 with good success.

Welcome to THR

 

[NVMM]

Lyman Pistol & Revolver Handbook.

Info for 90gr bullets.

 

[rcmodel]

+1
Any 90 grain JHP data will work just fine.

rcmodel

 

[KegCommando]

Wow, fast response, thanks!

My books have 90gr info as well but I wasn't sure how the slightly smaller bullet would effect the published info for the 90gr.

I have W-231 and Universal powders. I don't mind picking up another powder like Bullseye, Unique, Power Pistol, basically anything I can use for my other loads. I just didn't want to go get a powder I don't see used much in load data.

 

[rcmodel]

Look up .380 ACP on here.
http://data.hodgdon.com/cartridge_load.asp

They have both WW231 & Universal 90 grain loads.

rcmodel

 

[KegCommando]

Thanks everyone!

 

[MMCSRET]

Speer used to make an 88 gr. JHP that was a twin to the Remington. Check the older Speer books like #8,9,10,11.

 

[Walkalong]

I pulled out my Speer #11, and it has 88 Gr JHP data, but as we stated above, any 90 Gr data will work.

 

[KegCommando]

That's kind of ironic.

I almost got that book, but was worried that it would be a biased towards their bullets, so I didn't order it.

Thank you for your time!

 

[jjohnson]

Lighter Bullets - One Way Deal

Yep, you can use the same load data for a slightly heavier bullet. Using data for 95 grain bullets to load 88 grains means you will have slightly lower pressures. A few grains' difference should still cycle the action reliably. There's a bit of room to play in that direction. Your velocities will be higher with the lighter bullets. You may need to load to the upper powder range recommended for the heavier bullet if it doesn't reliably cycle (don't exceed it).

Don't do this in reverse! Loading a heavier bullet with lighter bullet data - like taking the powder charge for 115 grain bullet and using 124 grain bullet in its place - very bad thing. Higher pressures. Don't go there.

 

[KegCommando]

Very good info thank you.

Now, any speculation why Remington sells bulk bullets in 88gr vs 90gr or their Golden Sabers as 102gr vs 100gr? What did they do, buy into that New Math system?

I've done 9mm for awhile, but this is only the second time I've ordered for .380, so I gotta be a bit more careful. I think I let the "On Sale" blind me from reading the description carefully. What can I say, I'm a cheapskate. lol

 

[Walkalong]

Cheap plinkers? Nothing wrong with that.

The ones I have shoot just dandy, by the way. Bought em just like you did years ago, on the cheap.

 

[Woodshark]

Speer 88gr.jhp

Speer # 10 reloading manual has their 88 gr. bullet ( now discontinued) data.

231 3.6 gr. 1027 fps (all max loads)

unique 4.0 gr. 1030 fps

sr 7625 3.4 gr. 1053 fps

bullseye 3.2 gr. 956 fps

Hope this helps.

 

[KegCommando]

Yes it does, thanks.

I wish I knew about these forums years ago. This new fangled enternet is great!

 

[rcmodel]

You have Al Gore to thank for inventing it!

rcmodel

 

[Dr.Doug]

I think I bought the same bullets for the same reason. I used data from Hodgdon's for 90 gr. bullets, and settled on 3.0 gr. of Titegroup. They seem to shoot quite well in my gun.

 

[sargenv]

I loaded up some of these one time using Blue dot in my 6" GP100.. to say that the bullets were coming apart in mid air was putting it mildly.. I won't say how many gr of powder I was using, but the primers were flattening like pancakes

 

[evan price]

90-grain Hornady JHP data works fine with 88-gr Rems. 3.5gr of Win231/HP38 max.

Remington may be measuring the actual weight of the projectile, or they may be using the nominal weight of the projectile as the mould was designed to produce it.

I've seen lead cores vary several grains in weight depending on the exact alloy used to cast it.
Throw it on your scale, it may surprise you & be over or under.